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 * What does the 20th amendment state?**

__Section 1:__ The Presidents' and Vice Presidents' term will end at noon of the 20th day of January. The senators and Representatives' terms will end on the 3rd day of January.

__Section 2:__ Every member of the Congress shall assemble at least once every year, on the 3rd day of January.

__Section 3__: If the President dies then the Vice President will take his place. If the President doesn't have the right qualities to be President, then the Vice President will be President until a new President is elected.

__Section 4:__ if the president was killed, the Vice Persident becomes president. If both the President and the Vice President were killed, someone from the House of Representatives would become President.

__Section 5:__ On the 15th day of October, Sections 1 and 2 will come into effect.

__Section 6:__ This article will not take effect if it is not ratified into the Constitution by Congress and 3/4 of the states within 7 years from the date when it was suggested.
 * Who proposed this amendment?**

Senator George Norris and other reformers proposed this amendment to the Constitution.


 * When was it ratified?**

It was ratified on January 23, 1933.


 * Why was this amendment passed and what were some Controversies?**

This amendment was passed because congress kept on pulling back the date when the president would have to leave office and when Congress members would have to leave office. Also if the president, dies the U.S. needs someone to lead so If the vice president is eligible he will become the new president. That happened with John F. Kennedy. If both the president and vice president die then the Speaker of the House will become president.Here is a video of the newscast when John F. Kennedy got assassinated. media type="youtube" key="eLzo46nU1N8&rel=1" height="355" width="425" This amendment was also called the lame duck amendment bacause it put a stop to the "lame duck" sessions of Congress. These sessions happened because of the Articles of Confederation. The Articles stated that Congress had to have 1 meeting in December and in these meetings, not much got accomplished.
 * Why is this amendment also called the "lame duck" amendment?**


 * How is this amendment still important today?**

This amendment is still important today because if it didn't exist, then the governemt would keep pushing the end of the president's term back so that he would never have to leave office. It is also important because if the president dies, we will know what to do and who to appoint president.


 * Did any president serve more than 2 terms?**

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first and last president to serve more than 2 terms. He got elected into office 4 times!

I personally hope that either Mike Huckabee or Barack Obama wins. I am upset that Hillary Clinton won the Iowa Caucas. I feel bad that Rudy Giulani hasn't won a caucas yet. On the Demacratic side, most of candidates will be new people for office. Hillary Clinton would be the first women president if she wins and Barack Obama would be the first black president if he wins. By, Michael K
 * Current Event:** My current event is about the presidential race and the candadites. I found it on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22566578/ under presidentail race. The big candidates are on the Democratic side are Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards. On the Republican side, the big candidates are Mitt Romney, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giulani, and Ron Paul. Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucas. The candidates who won the New Hampshire Caucas were John McCain and Hillary Clinton.

I think this law is good because it will help prevent identity theft. Anyone who doesn't have a picture ID could just go out and get one. I know it probably is easier said than done, but that's what they'll have to do. If it does get approved, then people will feel more succure about voting and not worry about their identity being stolen. By, Nina K
 * Current Event:** My current event is about Congress' debate over whether to support an Indianna law or not. I found it on http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/09/voter.id/index.html?iref=newssearch . The law states that voters have to show a picture identification in order to be able to vote. Even though approving this law could cause a lot of people to lose the privilege of voting, people believe that it wouls still make a good law. It would prevent a lot of identity theft cases. Identity theft is a big problem here in the US and it has been an ongoing problem for a long time. This may be a new breakthrough in helping identity theft cases, but it could cause many issues as well. The Supreme Court said that they probably won't have a final decision until late June, so we will have to wait a while to see the results.

My opinion to this article is that voters should really think about who are they going to vote for. Because the future of America is up to them. That they should vote for who they think could be the right person in the place. They should know the qualities of the candidates they are voting for. Every candidate deserve to be the president as long as they have the qualities that is expected for. This article relates to the twentieth amendment because it includes voting president and when are their terms going to start. This article is found on http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n131075 by:Paulina C.
 * Current Event:** (Title:Turnout looks high for U.S. vote) The current event is all about how the voting in New Hampshire begins. People are voting in New Hampshire, that's why candidates are busy campaigning to gain support from the voters. Ballots are also running out in some polling stations. Even though New Hampshire have a small population it brought importance because its the first state to go to the polls in U.S. primary calendar. The first results in New Hampshire came from two tiny hamlets. One of them is from the town of Dixville Notch. Where Obama is leading Clinton and Mc Cain leading Romney. In this article it also includes candidates persuading voters to vote them using their speeches and actions. This article also includes how all of them want to change Washington. Where they have their own techniques on how are they going to do that.